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Here are some highlights of my trip to Italy in early Oct 2012. After Venice, I took a train to Florence. Saw lots of statues, paintings, and frescoes. I only had a day or so there, because I had to catch a train, followed by a ferry to Croatia.… Read More »

Since I haven’t been keeping my photo gallery up-to-date, I thought I’d post highlights of my travels instead. Here’s Venice in early Oct, 2012. I liked Venice a lot more than Florence or Rome, because I enjoy exploring small, quaint places on foot, and loved the total absence of cars. If not for the cigarette smoke, the air would have been beautifully pollution free.… Read More »

The Dragon and the Stars has won Canada’s 2011 Prix Aurora Award in the category of Best English Related Work. Here’s a picture of the editors, Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, accepting the award. The anthology features sci-fi and fantasy stories written by ethnic Chinese authors living in various countries, and includes an introduction by bestselling novelist, Tess Gerritsen. Although I did not personally win anything, I’m thrilled to be a part of this anthology. You can read an excerpt of my story, Papa and Mama, which was published under a slightly different byline.… Read More »

The Dragon and the Stars, an anthology of science-fiction and fantasy stories published by DAW and edited by Eric Choi and Derwin Mak, is a finalist in the Prix Aurora Awards. My story, Papa and Mama, appears in this book (but under a slightly different byline).… Read More »

If you wrote me a message using my contact form and never received a personal reply, please don’t be mad. Most unfortunately, I did not get your message. Yes, I know you got an auto-response and form reply telling you your message was “successfully sent”, but I didn’t actually get your email. I just discovered this breakdown in mail delivery, and after hours of troubleshooting, I managed to get it working again. It wasn’t any errors I made in the settings, but apparently what might be an extremely finicky server.… Read More »